Substituted 5-ketoaldehydes 3 have been important synthons especially for substituted cyclohex-2-en-1-one derivatives which have been versatile starting materials for synthesis of natural products such as terpenoids. Because of the difficulty in controlling high reactivity of formyl groups, the synthesis of 5-ketoaldehydes 3 has been accomplished via several-pot reaction via 1,4-addition of masked aldehydes such as enamines or silylenol ethers in the ...